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Indian Emergency (1975 – 77)
The Emergency in India was a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977 when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency across the country by citing internal and external threats to the country. Officially issued by President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed under Article 352 of the Constitution because of a prevailing "Internal Disturbance", the Emergency was in effect from 25 June 1975 and ended on 21 March 1977. The order bestowed upon the prime minister the authority to rule by decree, allowing elections to be cancelled and civil liberties to be suspended. For much of the Emergency, most of Gandhi's political opponents were imprisoned and the press was censored. More than 100,000 political opponents, journalists and dissenters were imprisoned by the Gandhi regime. During this time, a mass campaign for vasectomy was spearheaded by her son Sanjay Gandhi. The final decision to impose an emergency was proposed by Indira Gandhi, agreed upon by the President of India, and ratified b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States Of Emergency In India
Part XVIII of the Constitution of India allows for a constitutional setup that can be proclaimed by the president of India as a state of emergency, when the consultant group perceives and warns against grave threats to the nation from internal and external sources or from Economy of India#Pre-liberalisation period (1947–1991), financial situations of crisis. Under Article 352 of the Indian constitution, upon the advice of the cabinet of ministers, the President can overrule many provisions of the constitution, which can suspend Fundamental rights in India, fundamental rights to the Indian people, citizens of India and acts governing devolution of powers to the states which form the Federalism in India, federation. In the history of independent India, such a state of emergency has been declared thrice. # The first instance was between 26 October 1962 to 21 November 1962 during the Sino-Indian War, India-China war, when "the security of India" was declared as being "threatened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
